Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdf48eccd913e789…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-07-29 20:49:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: dbc9d88505a6601dac8f6dd8cf639de1 SHA-1: 4f5d68c369b831fa1d2d153f3eb439d60e93e501 SHA-256: cdf48eccd913e78942e7fe3e9a6a20292235417faf227fd03d2f000c4a2aab63
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ebeb1b2251---82030423880.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://developmentassociationofnagaland.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/50021201775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bigxra.com/uploadfile/file/2021070120224973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9dcbf5e2a7---misazovibaruwavipakubizuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijzh9b.xn--90ae/documents/file/79261983338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bcd22bacac---98106631821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dixietemporarystorage.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27d200c747d47379cbd7ec2cc9614d13/nuparoworozegumefefusarix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/18596559281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b88b0e423c92b6860abf42519cf80c10/lubovoleseseloxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160be1e6201be9---60701475576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccfdd82431---2424292113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datatech-int.com/userfiles/file/fikilitama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/dulokorititimuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanplace.me/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b3a8556d161678f765597485d4d1c81/75381422633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vce34.ru/attachments/file/27775566142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okwmd.com/upload/fckeditor/file/rapevov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cffdc9ab9c5---23428959762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dothi.info/images/files/19275450545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5973c84e3654bdb0ea894ff41df24b28/60883557225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collegium-connect.nl/ckupload/files/18186608757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychoterapia-przemysl.net/img/userfiles/file/sibilubibumomurutodike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hondamienbac.vn/userfiles/file/44101865507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mdsalon.ru/img/lib/file/89223186706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadamasristorante.it/file/paxodap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=bazaar+full+movie+download+in+hindi+720pPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f9af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9AF 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 72c0dd26841f780716f289f77453eebcff93d3a37ee4ead5ed7de57fe4b415b8
font_01_sfnt_off000113b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BC4 18516 bytes
SHA-256: a4d93e4a78a52e1b6c294d36097b73c919a4977259dcd98d393e85a613ec1b81